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Ecuador is cutting beer prices by more than 20% through a temporary tax cut to rally “extra support” for the national football team during the World Cup, President Daniel Noboa said.

Stocks in Asia were set to advance Friday, tracking a rally on Wall Street after President Donald Trump said the US was nearing an agreement with Iran, raising hopes for a diplomatic end to a conflict that has rattled global markets.

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For the S&P 500, a technical bear market decline of 20% from the closing high of 7,610 would mean a slide to 6,088.

Futures are off their highs of the morning, but chip stocks are a bright spot.

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There is little sign of crimped demand for equities among individual investors, who remain bullish after two years of blockbuster gains.

US equity futures advanced, bouncing after Wednesday’s late selloff in tech shares, while a swift end to renewed American strikes on Iran kept oil prices in check.

Emerging-market stocks dropped for the sixth time in seven days as a regulatory censure sparked a selloff in Chinese e-commerce stocks and another flare-up in the Middle Eastern conflict sapped risk appetite.

Anti-immigrant demonstrators rallied for another day in Belfast, Northern Ireland, lighting a car on fire.